Medieval
This is the reason the early Middle Ages are often referred to as the "Dark Ages."
What is very little recorded history
This period was called the Renaissance because it marked a "rebirth" of interest in classical art, literature, and learning from ancient Greece and Rome.
What is the Renaissance?
artistic style that predominated in Italy from the end of the High Renaissance in the 1520s
What is Mannerism
What historical event led to the Romantic Art period?
What is the Industrial Revolution
Who made the Mona Lisa
What is Leonardo Da Vinci
The Bubonic plague pandemic?
What is The Black Death
This Italian city-state was the center of the Renaissance art movement, home to artists like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
What is Florence?
known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life.
What is Caravaggio
What does Love and hate something at the same time mean?
What is ambivalence
Who made the School of Athens
Who is Raphael
This famous nursery rhyme is thought to be a euphemism for the Black Plague.
What is "Ring Around the Rosie"?
This invention helped spread Renaissance art and ideas more quickly and widely by making books and printed materials more accessible.
What is the printing press?
designed by Michelangelo and completed in Baroque style by Bernini
What is St. Peter’s Basilica
Who was the author of Frankenstein?
Who is Mary Shelley
Who made the Statue of David
Who is Michelangelo
This style of architecture, known for its pointed arches, flying buttresses, and stained glass windows, was popular in medieval Europe. A famous example is the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
What is Gothic architecture?
This wealthy and powerful Florentine family played a major role in funding Renaissance art and supporting artists like Michelangelo and Botticelli.
Who are the Medici?
Which became a model for royal palaces across Europe
What is Versailles Palace
What type of literature was born during this period due to the ambivalence of science and technology?
What is science fiction
Who made the Zuccone
Who is Donatello
These were a series of religious wars launched by European Christians between the 11th and 13th centuries to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.
What are the Crusades?
This Italian poet and scholar is often called the "Father of the Renaissance" for his early work in reviving classical learning and humanism.
Who is Francis Petrarch
Unlike the straight lines of earlier Renaissance styles, Baroque buildings often feature
What is curved walls, elliptical domes, and swirling decorations to create a sense of motion
How did she come-up with the idea for Frankenstein?
By having a ghost story competition because she had people over
Who made the Pieta
Who is Michelangelo